Philemon Dickerson

Philemon Dickerson (11 January 1788-10 December 1862) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-NJ) from 4 March 1833 to 3 November 1836 (succeeding Silas Condit and preceding William Chetwood) and from 4 March 1839 to 3 March 1841 (interrupting John Bancker Aycrigg's terms). He also served as Governor of New Jersey from 3 November 1836 to 27 October 1837, succeeding Peter Dumont Vroom and preceding William Pennington.

Biography
Philemon Dickerson was born in Succasunna, Morris County, New Jersey in 1788, and he practiced law in Philadelphia from 1813 to 1816 and in Paterson from 1816 to 1821 and from 1822 to 1833. He went on to serve in the General Assembly from Essex County from 1821 to 1822 and then in the US House of Representatives from 1833 to 1836 and from 1839 to 1841, briefly serving as Governor from 1836 to 1837. In 1841, President Martin Van Buren made Dickerson a US district court judge, and he served until his death in 1862.